EFFECTS OF ANAESTHETIC TECHNIQUE ON DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS

Forty patients with fractured neck of femur were allocated randomly to undergo surgery under general anaesthesia (GA) or subarachnoid anaesthesia (SAB). After operation, the incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), assessed by venography, was found to be 40% in the SAB group, which was significantly...

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Published inBritish journal of anaesthesia : BJA Vol. 57; no. 9; pp. 853 - 857
Main Authors McKENZIE, P.J., WISHART, H.Y., GRAY, I., SMITH, G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.09.1985
Oxford University Press
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Summary:Forty patients with fractured neck of femur were allocated randomly to undergo surgery under general anaesthesia (GA) or subarachnoid anaesthesia (SAB). After operation, the incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), assessed by venography, was found to be 40% in the SAB group, which was significantly lower than the incidence (76.2%) in the GA group. These observations may account for the previously reported effect of SAB, in comparison with GA, in reducing early postoperative mortality in this category of patient.
Bibliography:ark:/67375/HXZ-82R7H18H-8
ArticleID:57.9.853
Correspondence to P. J. McK.
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Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Radcliffe Infirmary,Oxford OX2 6HE.
ISSN:0007-0912
1471-6771
DOI:10.1093/bja/57.9.853